Revelation 6:1
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First Seal: The Conqueror
6 Now (A)I saw when the Lamb opened one of the [a]seals; and I heard (B)one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.”
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- Revelation 6:1 NU, M seven seals
Revelation 5:1
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The Lamb Takes the Scroll
5 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne (A)a scroll written inside and on the back, (B)sealed with seven seals.
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Revelation 6:5
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Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth
5 When He opened the third seal, (A)I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, (B)a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of (C)scales[a] in his hand.
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- Revelation 6:5 balances
Revelation 19:6
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6 (A)And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For (B)the[a] Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
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- Revelation 19:6 NU, M our
Revelation 11:19
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19 Then (A)the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of [a]His covenant was seen in His temple. And (B)there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, (C)and great hail.
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- Revelation 11:19 M the covenant of the Lord
Revelation 6:7
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Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth
7 When He opened the fourth seal, (A)I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.”
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Revelation 5:5-7
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5 But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, (A)the Lion of the tribe of (B)Judah, (C)the Root of David, has (D)prevailed to open the scroll (E)and [a]to loose its seven seals.”
6 And I looked, [b]and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood (F)a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and (G)seven eyes, which are (H)the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand (I)of Him who sat on the throne.
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- Revelation 5:5 NU, M omit to loose
- Revelation 5:6 NU, M I saw in the midst . . . a Lamb standing
Revelation 4:5-7
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5 And from the throne proceeded (A)lightnings, [a]thunderings, and voices. (B)Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are (C)the[b] seven Spirits of God.
6 Before the throne there [c]was (D)a sea of glass, like crystal. (E)And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. 7 (F)The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
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- Revelation 4:5 NU, M voices, and thunderings.
- Revelation 4:5 M omits the
- Revelation 4:6 NU, M add something like
Revelation 14:2
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2 And I heard a voice from heaven, (A)like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of (B)harpists playing their harps.
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Revelation 6:3
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Second Seal: Conflict on Earth
3 When He opened the second seal, (A)I heard the second living creature saying, “Come [a]and see.”
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- Revelation 6:3 NU, M omit and see
Acts 4:20
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20 (A)For we cannot but speak the things which (B)we have seen and heard.”
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Revelation 10:3-4
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3 and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, (A)seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 Now when the seven thunders [a]uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying [b]to me, (B)“Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.”
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- Revelation 10:4 NU, M sounded,
- Revelation 10:4 NU, M omit to me
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